Kyan Douglas Quotes
I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.
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The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency - that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons taking up residence in the castle - assaulted the most deeply rooted notions of white supremacy and instilled fear in its adherents and beneficiaries.
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.
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We are now in the 21st century: all books, including the Koran, should be fair game for flushing down the toilet without fear of violent reprisal.
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It's not diversity that is going to destroy us, but fear of diversity.
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We are seeing a great awakening. A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us - a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of the unlimited potential of free men and free women.
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Europe, the U.S., and their allies can defeat the terrorists of Islamic State, or ISIS. The first step is making the decision to fight back. The next step is understanding that drones and standoff missiles will not be enough. Ground troops will be needed.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.
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Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
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Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined 'free market' is the first step towards understanding capitalism.
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I don't fear anything now.
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Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.
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'Economics for Everybody' begins with understanding God's principles for organizing His creation and what that means for us as creatures and stewards.
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If the Reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website, but it will never be a truly great community.
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People have the idea of missionaries as going out with the Bible and hitting natives with it. It's not really what they were doing. They were all doing something rather different.
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An actress, around 40, on television, that's where you get the most torture, I think.
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I think a challenge for myself is to see how many times I can get above 9,000. That would be a good challenge.
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This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.
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I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.
